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dreams under various conditions.

Through all of this research we have, among other things, discovered and identified many

different types of dreams. Following are the most important types.

Anxiety Dreams

Typically called nightmares, anxiety dreams dwell on those facors of our lives which we

find most problematic and frustraing, and twist the into the most hideous and fightening visions

of our inner psyche.

The following anxiety dream was related to me by someone who wishes to remain

anonymous:

“I was in my living room and I was on the couch, looking out the

window. When I turned around, I realized I couldn’t stand or sit on

the floor because the entire room was absolutely filled with

snakes.”

This childhood nightmare could easily be dismissed as being caused by a fear of snakes.

On closer examination, however, the major symbols of the dream,(the window=opportunity; the

couch=permanence; the snakes=change) indicate that this dream actually has a much deeper

meaning. In this case it indicates that the dreamer was facing an upcoming opportunity, but out

of a fear of change, wanted to cling to the safety of stability and permanence.

Traumatic Anxiety Dreams

Despite the name they have been given, traumatic anxiety dreams are actully a protective

mechanism for the mind. They help to desensitize the dreamer to a particular trauma they have

experienced. They are very similar in content to anxiety dreams with one key difference; the

dreamer experiences little or even no fear in what would normally be a terrifying situation.

The following excerpt is of a traumatic anxiety dream that was dreamt by the comedian

Soupy Sales:

“I’m in a plane. . . .I’m flying. . . . It’s not an easy flight. There is

some turbulence and the plane is doing a few loops. I am nervous

because I think the plane will crash.”

The event that triggered this dream was the traumatic rememberance of when he